The Hoverround commerical that is shown during "The Price is Right" has to be the MOST annoying commercial in television history. There is nothing appealing about geriatrics who sing in praise of their wheelchair. A close second has to be "Head On...Apply directly to forehead."
HeadOn is a homeopathic topical product intended for headache relief, produced by Miralus Healthcare.[1] Although intended uses are not listed on the website or in the commercial spot, the purported purpose of the product is to assuage headaches after being applied directly to the forehead.[1] Chemical analysis has shown that the product consists almost entirely of wax. The two listed active ingredients, white bryony (a type of vine) and potassium dichromate, are diluted to .000001 PPM and 1 PPM respectively.[2] This amount of dilution essentially leaves no trace of the active ingredients whatsoever, so the product is essentially a placebo.[3] Correspondence has been published with a statement from HeadOn Customer Service that "It works through the nerves."[4] The Better Business Bureau has asked Miralus Healthcare not to make claims that HeadOn cures headaches. The active ingredients in HeadOn are listed as: Bryonia Alba (White Bryony) 12X H.P.U.S. Iris Versicolor (Blue Flag) 12X H.P.U.S. Kali Bichromicum (Potassium Bichromate/Dichromate) 6X H.P.U.S. Hydrastis Canadensis (Golden Seal) 30X H.P.U.S. Sulphur (Sublimed Sulphur) 12X H.P.U.S. Miralus Healthcare claims that HeadOn is safe, so that, "It can be used by anyone and as often as needed. There are no dosage restrictions or health risks associated with its use." HeadOn is manufactured in Chicago, while Miralus Healthcare has offices in Canada and Florida.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeadOn
Head on, has to be the most annoying. Head on, has to be the most annoying. Head on, has to be the most annoying.
This is essentially true of every homeopathic product and explains why homeopathy is a load of crap. from Wikipedia: [rquoter] The term "homeopathy" was coined by the Saxon physician Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) and first appeared in print in 1807, although he had previously outlined his axiom of medical similars in a series of articles and monographs commencing in 1796. Homeopathy rests on the premise of treating sick persons with extremely diluted agents that - in undiluted doses - are deemed to produce similar symptoms in a healthy individual. Its adherents and practitioners assert that the therapeutic potency of a remedy can be increased by serial dilution of the drug, combined with succussion or vigorous shaking. In common with conventional medicine, homeopathy regards diseases as morbid derangements of the organism. However, homeopathy states that instances of disease in different people differ fundamentally. Homeopathy views a sick person as having a dynamic disturbance in a hypothetical "vital force," and so rejects the standard medical diagnoses of named diseases. [/rquoter] It's quack medicine and even worse it's 19th century quack medicine.
Head On has one of the top ad campaigns of the past 25 years ~ it's so good that they are already parodying their own ads.
